Cancer?

I was looking through some blogs that Ms. Gallagher had linked, and I stumbled upon a post by a guy named Chris who goes to the University of Toronto. one of his posts was about the effects of Coca Cola. My dad is a dentist, so I´ve gotten the "soda will make your teeth fall out" talk before, but I don´t really pay that much attention to his warning and I drink it anyways. However, it turns out that Coca Cola can cause worse damage than cavities and caffeine addiction. There was a government study on the effects of Coca Cola, and they found long term drinking of Coca Cola causes breast and pancreatic cancer. Great! Another reason not to drink soda..

vegetarians...

I decided when I was really little that I wanted to be a vegetarian, and I have been one for almost nine years. Although I always try to make sure I get the right amount of protein every day, I'm sure that sometimes I don't. The other day, I was wondering about what the long term effects of not eating meat are and what happens when you don't get enough protein. I started researching and found a New York Times article on what may happen if someone doesn't eat meat. http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/nutrition/vegetarianism/overview.html Clearly, if you don't eat meat, it is harder to get protein (like the article said). But I didn't know that by not eating meat I might also be lacking vitamin d and iron. Finding out that for more than half my life I might have been missing out on important nutrients kinda freaked me out, so I found another site to research iron deficiency: http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/irondeficiency.html. Reading this article shook me up a little bit and made me realize that I really don't get enough iron. I don't eat meat, and the site said that it is a major source of iron. Although I do eat eggs and some dairy products, its not my main source of protein, meaning I REALLY don't get enough iron because most people get iron from animal products. I'm so glad I decided to research this, because now I have a possible reason for why I'm so tired all the time (tiredness is a side effect of not getting enough iron). So hopefully once I get some more iron in my diet I'll feel better :]

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